Global perspectives on integrated water resources management

Foreword Acknowledgements List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Appendix Acronyms Preface Part A: Understanding Integrated Water Resources Management Section I: Understanding IWRM Introduction Need for Integrated Water Resources Management Water Related Challenges Management Challenges: Stewardship and Governance Multiple Aspects of Water Management Definitions of IWRM Principles of IWRM Implementation of IWRM Important Cross-cutting Elements in IWRM Implementation Constraints and Questions in IWRM Implementation Section II: IWRM, Floods and Droughts Introduction Floods Drought IWRM as a Risk Reduction Strategy Section III: Overview of Case Studies IWRM Principles and Implementation Processes in the Case Studies Section IV: Conclusions Part B: Case Studies Case Study 1: Land and Water Management Planning in Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh, India Case Study 2: Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems: Coping with Drought in Andhra Pradesh, India Case Study 3: Restoring Water Flows in the Deschutes River, Oregon, USA Case Study 4: Emphasising Catchment Management in the Ping River Basin, Thailand Case Study 5: Conservation and Management of Laguna de Bay, Philippines Case Study 6: Managing Cambodia's Great Lake: The Tonle Sap Case Study 7: Institutional Capacity Building: Bang Pakong Dialogue Initiative Case Study 8: IWRM at the Grassroots: Gagas River Basin, Uttaranchal, India. Case Study 9: Decentralisation through Policy Reforms: Lerma Chapala Basin, Mexico Case Study 10: Sharing the Mekong River Basin: Issues and Challenges for Sustainable Development Case Study 11: Transboundary Cooperation: Rhine River Network, Europe Case Study 12: Promising Approaches in Water Resources Management in the Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Sector: IRC Project Index.